Deep Pine Color

#557138

Deep Pine is calm, warm-toned shade of cool yellow. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #aa8ec7
Complementary Color #543871
Color Shade: cool yellow (89.47° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 33.14% (better contrasting with white)
Deep Pine Color Sample
Deep Pine Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #557138

If you're looking for a similar cool yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Deep Pine Color. The Stamnankáthi Green color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Snip of Parsley (#718854) for more calm effect. Try Green Suede as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#543871 is the best complementary color to Deep Pine. Warm blue shades generally complement the cool yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #557138 complementary color is Bossanova, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm yellow, cool yellow, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Chalet Green are #717038 and #387138. Thus found on the left and right of #557138 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Yellow Metal and Killarney colors as they work well with Deep Pine.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Deep Pine palette consists of #703871 and #383871 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#543871). Try Eminence and East Bay colors in combination with #557138, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #557138 offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Deep Pine. Thus Cosmic and San Juan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Deep Pine contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Bossanova, Oracle, and Buccaneer split by 90° on the color wheel. #557138 square combo is a palette of cool yellow, warm cyan, warm blue and mid red shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Deep Pine tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#543871) and two others. The San Juan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shingle Fawn – 120° from the complementary Bossanova. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #385471 and #715438.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #557138 is made of 33% red, 44% green and 22% blue. In a HSL mode Deep Pine has a hue angle of 89.47°, a saturation of 33.73% and a lightness of 33.14%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #557138 is made of 10.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.35% yellow and 55.69% black ink.

HEX #557138
RGB Decimal rgb(85,113,56)
RGB Percentage 33%, 44%, 22%
CMYK 10.98, 0, 22.35, 55.69
HSL hsl(89.47,33.73%,33.14%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(89.47,50.44%,44.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(44.2717,-20.9098,28.2236)
XYZ xyz(10.3652,14.0271,5.9026)
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